Small Business Security Facts
One of the greatest threats against your business is from within: your employees. Check out these facts:
- $40 billion per year in small business employee theft.
- An employee is 15x more likely to steal from business than a non-employee.
- Nearly 1/3 of all small business bankruptcies are caused by employee theft.
- 1/3 of all employees steal from their employers.
- On average, employee theft costs between 1/2% - 3% of a company's gross sales.
- 5% of professional hires have criminal records.
- Insider theft is growing at 15% annually.
- An estimated 30-80% of resumes and applications contain lies and/or exaggerations.